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The Boston Mineral Club (BMC) was founded in 1936 to "promote the study and collecting of rocks and minerals, to encourage friendly cooperation among mineralogists and collectors, [and] to promote the study of mineralogy and related arts and sciences coming within the purview of earth sciences..." In the pursuit of these goals, the BMC offers educational programs at club meetings, mineral collecting field trips, a newsletter, and access to our mineralogical reference library.

The Boston Mineral Club is a member of the American Federation of Mineral Societies and the Eastern Federation of Mineral and Lapidary Societies.

You do not need a college degree in earth sciences to join the club! We are open to all. We welcome and encourage new members to join the club. BMC Application

The May Newsletter is available in the member's area

Next Club Meeting: Tuesday May 6, 2008
Topic: Gene Bearrs presents: The Estes Quarry, W. Baldwin, Maine: A New Pegmatite Mineral Locality

At our May meeting, the BMC welcomes Gene Bearss, of Sanford, Maine, a well-known field collector and micromounter, who will speak to us about the minerals of the Estes Quarry in W. Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine. Gene co-authored an article describing this fascinating new locality in the November 2000 issue of Rocks & Minerals. According to the article, the granite pegmatite at the quarry is highly unusual for New England, exhibiting pervasive layering like that at the Brown Derby pegmatite in Gunnison County, Colorado. more info

See and hear Dr Mariano's April presentation in the member's area

Doors Open at 7:00 PM, Meeting Begins at 8:00 PM

Field Trip Open to All - even non-members:
OPEN HOUSE AT THE PENFIELD QUARRY, PENFIELD, NY
SATURDAY, 10 MAY, 2008, 7:00 AM to 11:30 AM details here

Fluorite, Specimen #17890, Erik Rutnik photo

Dave Butler's Nova Scotia Field Trip
PLEASE NOTE: Parking for BMC meetings is no longer in the DEAS lots. Please park instead in the new underground parking garage at 52 Oxford Street. The entrance to this lot is just opposite Everett Street and is the same entrance that we formerly used to park in the old surface lot beside the museum. Please see the map at the bottom of the meetings page.

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